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The Landscape of Legal Cannabis in the U.S.

 

 

There are presently 24 U.S. states that have passed adult-use cannabis legalization in some form, as well as 42 states that have passed medical cannabis legalization (including each adult-use state). In the table below, see where each state stands with its most recent legislative development—and the year in which that measure was passed.

AlabamaMedical2021
AlaskaAdult-Use2014
ArizonaAdult-Use2020
ArkansasMedical2016
CaliforniaAdult-Use2016
ColoradoAdult-Use2012
ConnecticutAdult-Use2021
DelawareAdult-Use2023
FloridaMedical2016
GeorgiaMedical2015
HawaiiMedical2000
Idaho  
IllinoisAdult-Use2019
Indiana  
IowaMedical2017
Kansas  
KentuckyMedical2023
LouisianaMedical2015
MaineAdult-Use2016
MarylandAdult-Use2022
MassachusettsAdult-Use2016
MichiganAdult-Use2018
MinnesotaAdult-Use2023
MississippiMedical2022
MissouriAdult-Use2022
MontanaAdult-Use2020
NebraskaMedical 2024 
NevadaAdult-Use2016
New HampshireMedical2013
New JerseyAdult-Use2020
New MexicoAdult-Use2021
New YorkAdult-Use2021
North Carolina  
North DakotaMedical2016
OhioAdult-Use2023
OklahomaMedical2018
OregonAdult-Use2014
PennsylvaniaMedical2016
Rhode IslandAdult-Use2022
South Carolina  
South DakotaMedical2020
Tennessee  
TexasMedical2025
UtahMedical2018
VermontAdult-Use2018
VirginiaAdult-Use2021
WashingtonAdult-Use2012
West VirginiaMedical2017
Wisconsin  
Wyoming